Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: LATEX (pronounced "la-tekh" or "lay-tekh"; alternatively written LaTeX)
LATEX (pronounced "la-tekh" or "lay-tekh"; alternatively written LaTeX)
a typesetting system designed by Leslie Lamport and implemented as a set of macros for Donald Knuth's TEX(see TEX). There are two versions in wide use, LATEX 2.09 and LATEX2?; LATEX 3 is under development.
